What on Earth Is Happening in California? Your Guide to a Very Weird Election.

Ms. Cottle writes about national politics for Opinion.

What the bejeezus is going on in California? With mail-in voting opening this week in the June 2 primary elections, the race to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom remains a hot mess. Among the bloated field of mostly meh candidates — Tom Steyer? Really? — there is no breakout star. Democratic support is so fractured that the two Republicans could place first and second in the all-party........

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